Emma Gray, Parent/ Exhibition Committee Member

ARTIST STATEMENT

Emma Gray is fascinated by the environment and conditions of the human psyche, what it means to inhabit skin and bone and how this relates to our climate both internally and externally. Oscillating between portraiture and landscape, Gray primarily paints in oil, as often as her busy life allows. She has worked in contemporary art in many iterations, as an advisor and curator, building private collections and working in depth mentoring and fostering the careers of a small group of artists. Her Los Angeles project space Five Car Garage, established in 2013, has been extensively covered in the media. A former editor of ArtReview who studied at University College London and studied portraiture at Heatherley Art School, London, she has been painting quietly for decades.